Improvement in neck-yokes



A. a COOKE. i Neck-Yoke. No. 54,690. Patented May 15, 1866' M@ @WM UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

A. o. OOOKE, OE OHIO, ILLINOIS.

m IMPROVEMENT IN NECK-YOKES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,690, dated May 15, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, A. C. COOKE, of Ohio, in the county of Bureau and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Neck-Yokes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable Others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference heilig had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure lis a front view' of my invention. Fig. 2 is an elilarged perspective view of one end of the device.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class ot' neok-yokes passing from the breast-strap ot' one `animal to that of the other, and having a ring or the like through which the end of the pole passes and is thereby supported.

lVIyinvent-ion consists in the employment, in combination With a neck-yoke, ot' friction spools fitted to ride upon the breast-straps of the horses iu such manner that the jerking ofthe pole when the vehicle is passing over uneven lground will not affect the horses or wear the breast-strap in so great a degree as occurs in the usual mode of attachment.

A designates the bar of the neck-yoke, which is of the usual construction. The end of this bar carries eyes orstaples o a, through which is passed a bow-shaped Wire, B, which 1 term the cockeyei Between the two ends ot' this coekeye the friction-spool G is fitted to revolve.

The breast-strap ot' the nigh horse is passed over the spool on one end ofthe bar, and the strap of the Ot't' horse over the other spool at the other end of the bar, in suoli manner that the spools will ride upon the strap. Consequently Whenever the pole jerks the spools will revolve and theeftect of the jerk will not be felt by the horses, and, furthermore, the breast-strap is not near so likely to become worn out as it is when passed through an eye on the end ot' the bar A.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination. with a neck-yoke, of friction-spools C, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The manner of connecting the frictionspool C to the barA, as shown and described.

A. C. COOKE.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH G. WILSON, GEORGE W. YOUNG. 

